AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL SAFETY

Aircraft structural safety is achieved by designing the structures against uncertainty and by taking steps to reduce the uncertainty. Safety factors and knockdown factors are examples of measures used to compensate for uncertainty during the design process. Uncertainty reduction mechanisms (URMs), on the other hand, may be employed during the design process or later on throughout the operational lifetime. Examples of URMs for aircraft structural systems include structural testing, quality control, inspection, health monitoring, maintenance, and improved structural analysis and failure modeling. This book presents a thorough analysis of the effectiveness of structural safety measures and their interaction. In addition, resource allocation comparison for reducing uncertainties versus for designing heavier structures for the given uncertainties is presented.

Autorentext

Erdem Acar is an Asst. Prof. of Mechanical Eng. at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology. His BS and MS are from the Middle East Technical University, his PhD from University of Florida. He worked at the CAVS of Mississippi State Univ. for two years. His current research is focused on reliability design optimization of mechanical systems.